What is the reason one has fear when the opponent is strong and fast?
and
what to do about it?
You all fighters out there, care to share?
good question
i don’t have fear , i face guys like this often
i have respect for there abilites
if he is faster then me , i control distance and make his speed less of an issue = good footwork and timing
if he is stronger them me i don’t stay in one place long enough for his strentgh to build = good sensitivity , foot work and timing , understanding your own yielding point [ center ] and adding or subtracting to his force
finally control distance make him stretch to get you this will weaken him , work off then end of his power as it dissapates
or if your quicker shock him before he has time to use his strentgh
but in the end speed kills if he is just out right faster at me then i can react and he has all the other skills timing ,footwork, sensitivity
then i am going down no shame just got out gunned
the better question is how do you deal with this type of person if you never work off this type of person to gain experience under that type of pressure ?
When dealing with the unknown factors that one can’t control, it is normal to have fear. The good news is it does not last long!
Great insightful comments from you, Ernie! =)
“Now, some of you boys, I know, are wondering whether or not you’ll chicken out under fire. Don’t worry about it. I can assure you that you will all do your duty. The Nazis are the enemy. Wade into them, spill their blood, shoot them in the belly. When you put your hand into a bunch of goo that a moment before was your best friend’s face, you’ll know what to do. Now there’s another thing I want you to remember. I don’t want to get any messages saying that we are holding our position. We’re not holding anything. Let the Hun do that. We are advancing constantly and we’re not interested in holding onto anything except the enemy. We’re going to hold onto him by the nose and we’re gonna kick him in the ass. We’re going to kick the hell out of him all the time and we’re gonna go through him like crap through a goose. Now, there’s one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home, and you may thank god for it. Thirty years from now when you’re sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee, and he asks you: ‘What did you do in the Great World War II?’, you won’t have to say: ‘Well, I shoveled s–t in Louisiana.’ All right, now you sons-of-*****es, you know how I feel and I will be proud to lead you wonderful guys into battle anytime, anywhere. That’s all. - Patton”
“What is the reason one has fear when the opponent is strong and fast? And what to do about it?”
Well the reason for the fear is the thought that he might beat you so hard…kick you so hard…choke you so hard, etc…
That your own mother might not recognize you when he gets through with you!
But the keyword here is “thought”…and the visual images that those thoughts conjure up in the mind’s eye.
You must neutralize/eliminate those thoughts.
And then SPAR…FIGHT…GRAPPLE…
TO WIN !
PaulH
You seem to have a fixation on Patton!..I prefer Capt.Kirk because he always beam down on the hostile planet with his team. He is not a talker who stay behind and dreams about being Alexander the great reincarnation or something!..
About fear?..It’s not a factor when you have to defend yourself.You will do it ,using all skills and training you have + your survival instinct who is very strong even if you don’t realise it.
Fear is more a factor when you fight for some other reasons than defense.
Old Jong,
I love colorful characters. They make life so interesting! =)
He was colorful for sure!.. What about General Montgomery?..He was a very colorful bloke also!..
Good old breeds are dying. I like his duels with the desert Fox - Rommel. Details are everything! =)
What about the duel between the RAF and the Luftwafe in the sky of Britain?..That was ultimate fighting!..
For a real cause!
Truly their finest hour! The Brits when aroused are valiant fighters!
FEAR
Worrying too much about the consequence of losing.
Fear plays a major part in your fighting ability. Take the example of a huge body builder. Visually, they are very intimidating – that’s why they are put outside doors. But, they are one of the easiest people to beat. Sure, they will rip your head off – if they can catch you, but they are so slow and cumbersome, they are standing targets for fighters with a cool and collective mind.
Learn to control your emotional state of mind – very difficult to do. Focus not on what might happen if you get hit, but glee in the thought of the damage you will inflict with a precision eye jab, or a well executed stomp kick on the knee. Think positively; don’t let irrelevant thoughts play on your mind. However, the good news is, this sophisticated level of thinking comes free when you have reached a high level in your wing chun training, and that, my friend, is the solution to your problem.
Michael Yan Choi. 10th generation wing chun no nothing modern day just do it fighter
Michael Yan Choi (chisauking):
Nice post! Would add just one thing: This state of mind you refer to…once reaching a higher advanced level…applies to many martial arts practitioners - not just wing chun people.
what is the reason why you have fear?
fight or flight response, natural physiological reaction in the body and mental anxiety, reason why deer dont just stand around waiting for predators to eat them. same in humans, anything which the brain sees as a threat gives rise to fight or flight reaction. so its normal, dont worry… it does give advantages.
having said that, chi sau reduces it in a wing chun context. so lots of chi sau with stronger faster people gets you used to it, same way that lots of extreme sports get u used to it..
then its easier to relax into it and roll with it, but fear will always be there.. i see fear as part of ourselves, not something outside that happens to us, it is part of our reaction to events - you cant make a rock feel fear simply becuase it cant feel.
So accept fear, become one with it, spend all your days looking forward to it.
foolinthedeck is correct.
Fear is the label we give to the experience of the sensations of the chemical reactions in the body when the integrity of the Self is threatened .
By repeatedly pushing ourselves in our training and placing our selves within increasingly challenging and stressful situations we may eventually become familiar and accustomed with these sensations and at this point we can get out the way and allow the process to run its course and assist our survival without overwhelming the body.
A useful thing to do is actually drop the label and negative connotations associated to the word “fear” and put it into a more progressive context by calling the experience “excitement”
Phoenix asks:What is the reason one has fear when the opponent is strong and fast?
Maybe they hear the voice of James Earl Jones (aka Darth Vader)in Conan?
“Now they will know what it is they are afraid of-now they will know why they fear the night” :-
Great infor guys. Thanks.
Now, let say someone give you a pair of those bicycle glove and in those bicycle glove; in each glove there embeded two laser sharp razor blades on the knockers side and the knive hands side of the palm. You know it is going to cut a 0.5cm deep… with a simple light slide the blade on the muscular surface.
you are the same person with same fighting experience or in experience as before; the only different is, now, you are wearing this pair of glove.
What happen to the fear of when the opponent is strong and fast? and what to do about it? which you have before.
Do you still have the same fear? Is the opponent is still strong and fast? Does his strong and fast degraded? Does his strong and fast matter anymore?
What changes or not change with just that little garget?
Just a small garget, how many years of training is equal to waring this small garget?
What changes or not change with just that little garget?
IANAL but the potential charges you may face are probably upped for common assault to assault with a deadly weapon and GBH. If the other guy died, wearing such golves would indicate premeditation and they might be talking murder.
You been watching X Men 2 or something?
I guess you could just ask a ninjutsu practitioner. They have those combo grappling hook/claw things they use for climbing up the sides of buildings, catching katanas when they’re too far away to use their teeth, etc.
Strange that there is not much response from the Fighters with experience.
BTW.
Those are just hypotetical situation of what a condition change will affect the fear and the fighting skill.
Nothing to do with asult with deadly weapons.
Strange that there is not much response from the Fighters with experience.
BTW.
Those are just hypotetical situation of what a condition change will affect the fear and the fighting skill.
Nothing to do with assult with deadly weapons. Please do not get me wrong.
Originally posted by Martin Foot
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A useful thing to do is actually drop the label and negative connotations associated to the word “fear” and put it into a more progressive context by calling the experience “excitement”
The norepineprene (adrenaline) response is a potentially far more addictive process than any external drug’s effects a chemist has yet to formulate. Luckily, mother nature has equipped her children with quite a few coping mechanisms to deal with norepinephrene.
Fear and excitement are two separate and distinct emotions both biologically and intellectually. They each serve quite different purposes within ourselves as human beings. Do not let the similarities of the biological reactions within the human body confuse what the nature of each is supposed to mean.
Don’t try to embrace or ignore. Don’t try to control or lose control. Just try to observe, experience, learn, and understand - whether the emotion is fear and/or excitement, love and/or indifference, hate and/or pity, and/or any of the countless range of emotions. It’s what makes us human.
I cannot speak for anyone else. But I, for one, do not want to be less than human.